BTW, I had Matt le Tissier in for a while, but swapped him out for Jamie Redknapp, cos I don’t reckon Matt’s going to feature very highly this season cos of his lack of fitness. If ever there was a talent wasted by (apparent) lack of motivation…

As you may have noticed, I selected 3 Chelsea, 1 Leicester, 5 Liverpool, 3 Southampton, 2 Leeds Utd, 2 Man Utd, 1 Coventry City and 1 Arsenal player. I don’t know whether selecting from relatively few teams is a good idea or not, but I’m going to see how it goes. I pretty much pick my teams at random, giving special attention to Southampton (obviously). This sometimes works, sometimes doesn’t

Hurrah – I’ve selected my squad for Telegraph Premier League

So here it is:

1. Ed De Goey (Chelsea)


2. Tim Flowers (Leicester)


3. Dominic Matteo (Liverpool)


4. Wayne Bridge (Southampton)


5. Marcus Babbel (Liverpool)


6. Sammi Hyypia (Liverpool)


7. Jonathan Woodgate (Leeds Utd)


8. Ronny Johnsen (Man Utd)


9. Harry Kewell (Leeds Utd)


10. Nick Barmby (Liverpool)


11. Robert Pires (Arsenal)


12. Youssef Chippo (Coventry City)


13. Mario Stanic (Chelsea)


14. Jamie Redknapp (Liverpool)


15. Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (Chelsea)


16. Marian Pahars (Southampton)


17. Teddy Sheringham (Man Utd)


18. Uwe Rosler (Southampton)

So why is it that I got more excited about Man U when we hardly ever won anything? We won the FA Cup (before it was Axa-sponsored) in 1983, 1985 and 1990. We won the League Cup in 1991, nearly – but for a determined Leeds Utd and a last-day defeat against Liverpool – won the title in 1992, then in 1993 it happened: we won the championship. It’s hard to imagine now, in these days of being called a “glory boy”, but by 1993 we hadn’t won the championship for 26 years. That is a long time for a club of the size of Man Utd.